The horse could be indicating a number of things with this expression. A curious horse will often use an expression similar to the one described to indicate that it is not a threat to another horses foal.
It can also be a signal to either a friend horse or human that a bout of mutual grooming is being sought. Mutual grooming is used among horses to strengthen friendship bonds. This practice is often transferred to familiar humans and indicates a high level of trust
A horses nose is called a muzzle...x
it is boogers coming from a horses nose
Use a nice, clean, damp sponge to clean the inside of the horses nose.
Same as us - by breathing in air, which is delivered to the lungs to be exchanged with carbon dioxide, which the horses breathe out.
If your nose is up in the air (snooty or snobbish) then to look at a lesser, you would have to look down your nose at them. Hence, looking down on someone or something.
A snip is a small white diamond shaped mark on a horses' nose or muzzle.
It is probably calm and relaxed.
It's called a muzzle.
Horses cannot breathe through their mouths, you have it opposite.
Picture someone holding their nose up in the air - they look very aloof and snobbish, right? That's what this idiom means.
horses like to be touched under the chin, the cheek,the forehead, the nose and the neck hope i helped :)
well, if you look up, you're not really looking at your nose.......